Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Coast Guard volunteers selflessly give their time for others as part of Ireland's fourth blue light emergency response. In coastal communities throughout Ireland, and in Clare, their role cannot be understated. The Irish Coast Guard Volunteers Representative Association is an organisation with which this House is now very familiar. Members of its national executive appeared before the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. Its mission is very simple. It has two asks: a truly independent inquiry into the management of the Irish Coast Guard chaired by a retired High Court judge and the appointment of a permanent director of the Irish Coast Guard. Will the Government heed its calls and engage with it properly and meaningfully, as promised, to make these aims a reality?

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